FWIW, I remember a mama here maybe 3-4 years ago whose water started leaking early (33 weeks?) and the leak eventually closed itself up. She spent most of the time between the leak forming and baby's birth on home bed rest, I think.

It must be very hard not to be with your son. I hope you can work out a way to spend as much time with him as possible.

Expat mama to my 7-year-old Halloween boy and my cheeky preschooler, who came before the midwife in January 2010... Gestating a new bean, debuting spring 2014!

I'm not in your Due Date Club, but I just wanted to stop by to tell you that I'm so sorry that you're in this frustrating, upsetting position where you won't be able to finish your pregnancy as you had hoped. I'm wishing for the best possible outcome for you and your little one.

I was wondering the same thing. Maybe after the steroids do their thing you could do bedrest at home instead of at the hospital? I can't imagine that they're doing much for you there except taking your temp every couple of hours. Even if they end up inducing you at 35 weeks you could maybe go home until that point.

FWIW, I remember a mama here maybe 3-4 years ago whose water started leaking early (33 weeks?) and the leak eventually closed itself up. She spent most of the time between the leak forming and baby's birth on home bed rest, I think.

It must be very hard not to be with your son. I hope you can work out a way to spend as much time with him as possible.

thanks again for the kind words, as well as the questions about care & link to Spark's story. I'm hoping to have a good conversation with a new doc today about my options. I am torn about being here because while I'd much rather be at home, we are about 30 min. from the nearest hospital and little guy at this point is still pretty early (32.7 weeks). I just keep on reading and talking about it, not sure I'll ever get 100% peace of mind about the situation. That link is awesome though for stuff to do for my next pregnancy, health-wise, to avoid this whole issue (PPROM). Just hanging loose at the hospital and trying to soak up the rest as well as tell my sweet bun to keep on cooking as long as possible. My son is amazing, he has 'adjusted' to our new norm of visiting and then leaving me here (sob!) but he asked my SIL the other night with some concern: "how is mommy going to get home? will she have to walk??" aw geez. Anyways, I'll keep y'all updated as things go along.

'curly girl' regina married to my man since 7/99 , SAHM to my DS (2/06) (12/08) a new to love! (11/09)

You are so strong mama! I've done the extended hospital stay, although for much different reasons, it's so hard to be there and have little ones at home too. It's literally like having your heart torn in half. DH was great about taking video's of "home" and what was going on so I could feel like I was still there sometimes. I spent hours watching them...just a thought. It seems like forever when you're there, but soon it will all be past and you will be able to heal, together as a family. It's a process, but you are an amazing strong mama...

regina...i wanted to say hi and let you know i know how difficult it is. thank the stars for my dh. our 3 yr old had to start going to daycare when i was hospitalized and it was not fun for any of us. here's hoping you get a few more weeks baking that baby. thinking of you and yours!